STAR DIARY

FOOD TAMPERING

This incident happened to my brother and I thought it was worth sharing. He was walking home from work one day and was feeling extremely hot so he stopped by a coconut cart and bought a green coconut which was already cut with a straw in it. As he sipped his coconut water he began to feel drowsy and at one point blacked out, when he woke up he found himself in an alley, and his wallet, glasses, watch and ring had been stolen. He realised later the coconut hadn't been cut in front of him and the vendor could have easily mixed something in it that made him unconscious. He hasn't suffered from side effects but we don't know about long term effects yet. I think it is best we avoid buying food and drink from the streets all together because there is no way we can be sure nothing is mixed in them.

Rubaiya Rab
Jhigatala

RARE SHOW OF HONESTY

I had taken a CNG to drop my daughter off to school the other day and returned home using the same vehicle. An hour after I got home, I realised I didn't have my phone inside my purse. I was very upset because I had just received the phone as a birthday present from my husband this month. I spent all day thinking of how to tell him I lost my phone, when around 4pm, I heard a knock on my door and to my amazement it was my CNG driver from that morning standing outside, holding my precious phone. I could have hugged him at that moment and wept in relief, but instead I gave him tea and a large tip for being an honest man. I found out later that he had described me and my daughter to the guards in the building and refused to hand over the phone to them, insisting he wanted to return it in person, till he was allowed to come up.  

Shaila Begum
Kalabagan